YV,LLQ,WSTON,g , PARK one. a,colutnn of t hot water . and stearn to a height of, about two hundred and fifty feet,. continuing, for severnl..hgur.s. The sun' l s rays .playing on.. the• particles, of •water .fornis. a spectacle never to be forgotten. Ai.,fitting close tothis drama is found . in,the „grand ,canon of. the., Yellow,stotte.and, its : Upper and l i ower. falls: The canon, is about ten,miles long and, fif teen. hundred, feet, deep / t When. we, recollect tbat this .is about, the height ; to which the ,ordipary ballgn ascends,, some ; idea of its great, depth is, conceived.,, The Yellowstone River with, all its ' turmoil and..roar, appears to an ,observer on ,the heights, above as a tiny silver. thread., Among its ,beetlin&craigs the, eagle. has„its eyrie, and wings its ,circling, flight,. Its ,sides are crevic,ed, and waffled into a thousand„faritastie forms colored.as bow, A, stone crashing , down. leaves . ,..no. sound behind., On, the same grand scale,are. the two fans,. a ,fitting setting to the canon.., The Lower Falls itself has a perpendicular drop of three hundred and sixty feet,. while,. their ,cdinbined, fall., is about, five. hundred, fept. Lacking, the breadth of. Niagara, which,, however, is,, only:a hundred and,sixty . .feet high,. they, are nevertheless not a, whit, ess, beautiful. This is but a hasty survey, and leayes.an impression, no,doubt,., that, it,is.different from what, we ordinarily park, • A park ; is associated in our minds with a city pleasure. ground,. guarded:., by, blue-coated policemen and filled, with signs., "• Keep Off the Grass," " Beware of Pickpockets," etc. We recall a zoological garden with its animals and • birds .confined by iron bars as the felon .in his; cell,, Perceptible in the, medley,of sounds are the. click., of. the r lawn.mower and the chatter of the,sparrow. In, our National Park .w,e seem to have ,something totally,different, yet , there,•, are points, of,, likeness, For policemen. we• have United ; States cavalrymen, to whom. is .allotted, the task of, protecting., the,, silicions deposits:and the animals,. •• So,weJlave a,zoologic,al garden also; .but it is such. as nature furnishes. Arliong,its occupants we,,, bore the bnifalp, moose, elk,, big, horn, antelope, uountaln. lion, • beav,,er • ,, and playful„ bear which, accepting, ; your, sugared friencl r „ ship,,in,the daytime, may steal, your ham. at night. Good roads•. connect, the ; principal • points ,of interest ; suitable. even.,for, T9,,cater : tp the. wan ts. of 'the,. people there have ,a,, stage, line; and a,system of hotels, , •
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